Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...attendance of 2,500 persons witnessed Yale win a second victory from Harvard on Saturday last. A lack of confidence seemed to pervade the Nine, probably owing to the forced absence of Tyng. Yale batted heavily, earning seven runs; Downer and Brown earning clean home-runs, and Downer making another home-run on what should have been a single base-hit, the ball bounding sideways and thus passing Fessenden. Howe played pluckily behind the bat, and caught Ernst's pitching remarkably well for a first attempt. Thayer, Wright, Alger, Latham, and Holden played well in the field. Carter...
...clock to-morrow afternoon the University Nine will play on Holmes Field their second game with Trinity...
...comparative ease. Had our pitcher been in the good condition in which we have seen him, their base-hit column would not have amounted to so much, we can safely say. For Yale, Lamb led at the bat and in the field, closely followed by Walden, whose play at second base was good. Thompson and Borie struck well, but the former did poorly at short. Ives, who is also catcher of the University Nine, hardly came up to the standard we had expected. The Yale Freshmen are a strong batting nine throughout...
...times that must be equalled or beaten will be found in the Brevity column; second prizes will be given in all events, provided there be a sufficient number of entries...
...Harvard Freshmen, Folsom's play at first was the best feature of the game. Coolidge at second, and W. A. Howe also did finely. In the seventh inning, with two on bases by clean hits, Cruger pitched so effectively that three men went out on strikes, neither of the base-runners securing a run. Elliott at short was fortunate in having so good a player on first, for his throws were not up to their usual standard...